Care Delivery Model Analysis

Care Delivery Model and Staffing Pattern for a New Rehabilitation Unit
The model proposed for chronic rehabilitation services at the new rehabilitation unit at Memorial Hospital will be based on minimum staffing patterns for hospitals providing chronic inpatient treatment. The model will be driven by the desire to provide quality care despite the staffing constraints. There are several reasons for selecting this model for the rehab unit. First, this model builds on the premise that staffing should be based on the objectives, mission, and vision, nature and severity of illnesses, and the extent of impairment (Chinn & Maeona, 2010). The model also focuses on the program and the balancing of the factors that support the interactions among the administrative staff. The model also emphasizes on nurse qualification, consistency of a unit with hospital administration. The model also proposes that an administrative team designs and develops the unit then the medical staffs endorse and implement it. This model is also preferred because it posits that staffing and unit
The model’s other key objective will be helping patients regain their independence while undertaking their routine and daily living activities. Also, the staffing-based nursing care delivery model seeks to ensure that patients return home and re-enter the community as active, productive, and independent people (Chinn & Maeona, 2010). The model will focus on the main experiences of chronic rehab patients, which include but are not limited to blighted movement, body balance and coordination, impaired strength and reduced movement options, and loss of sensory ad visual abilities. Also to be addressed by the model is chronic rehab patients’ experiences of cognitive impairment, speech or communication impairment, and swallowing